{"id":4213,"date":"2015-10-01T16:55:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T20:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2016-01-25T16:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T21:46:27","slug":"365107-homes-for-inherited-stuff-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365107-homes-for-inherited-stuff-5\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#107:Homes for Inherited Stuff #5"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CZVS<\/a>Following my mother\u2019s death last spring, I was blessed with inheriting quite a few lovely items. This presented me with a mini dilemma. Here I am trying to prune my home of extra possessions but I want to honor the memory of my mother. By including some of her household items in my decor I am reminded\u00a0of her presence. Following are 5\u00a0insights that evolved as I tried to decide what to keep and what to give away:<\/p>\n

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  1. Honoring a loved one<\/strong>: Eventually I came to peace with the realization that my mother did not reside in these physical items. They are reminders of her but the real honor is holding her memory in my heart, remembering her twinkling eyes, and her love of crossword puzzles.<\/li>\n
  2. Visual reminders<\/strong>. Still, seeing a special piece of furniture reminds me of her and her good taste. Thus I kept 2 lovely chairs and tables which replaced raggedy chairs and worn tables that had \u201cun-graced\u201d our home for awhile. (See end of\u00a0Finding Good Homes #4<\/a>) This felt good because it was consistent with my \u201cone in-one out\u201d criterion.<\/li>\n
  3. Saving for posterity<\/strong>. Personally I don\u2019t do silver (too much hassle to keep clean). However, my mother had some nice silver pieces and I knew my daughter would like them. I\u2019m saving a few pieces for her until she returns to live in the USA.<\/li>\n
  4. Passing stuff on.<\/strong> I didn\u2019t need more sheets, towels, blankets, and clothes so these were easy decisions to pass on to our local Catholic Worker House and Mary Magdalene Center (a place for homeless people to get showers and clothes). (See Challenge #4<\/a>)<\/li>\n
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    Too good for Goodwill<\/strong>. I don\u2019t like the idea that poor people should not have nice or fancy things. That seems judgmental and classist. Still, my mom had 14 pairs of elegant fine leather gloves, a Pieta sculpture from Rome, and some fireplace irons. I don’t need any of these things\u00a0but it seemed like they would also not be very useful to people who frequent thrift stores. (I also frequent thrift stores but wouldn\u2019t be looking for these items either.) In the past I\u2019ve taken these kinds of\u00a0articles\u00a0to an upscale consignment shop (Legacies<\/a>) in Cincinnati. Proceeds go to a local cancer support community. Before I could get to Legacies, however, I found more personal homes for:<\/p>\n